Synopses & Reviews
A Focus Features production, Nick Flynn's moving memoir of his relationship with his father is directed by Paul Weitz, whose films include and .
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"The prose swirls in graceful arcs that frequently rise to the level of poetry, leavened by mordant humor. . . . A powerful tale, stylishly told." Washington Post
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"A potent, distinctive autobiography. . . . Flynn's talents are considerable--he has a compelling voice and a wry sense of humor, especially about himself." New York Times Book Review
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"Told with energy, critical reflection and sensitivity, is less a memoir than a study of one of America's darker conundrums: homelessness. . . . [It suggests] Lear, Beckett, Faulkner, Genet and forc[es] us to decide which is more painful: a parent's lost dreams or a child's lost innocence." Los Angeles Times Book Review
Synopsis
Nick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a teenager he'd received letters from this stranger father, a self-proclaimed poet and con man doing time in federal prison for bank robbery. Being Flynn (previously published as Another Bullshit Night in Suck City) tells the story of the trajectory that led Nick and his father onto the streets, into that shelter, and finally to each other.
Synopsis
This "stunningly beautiful memoir" () is now a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano.
About the Author
Nick Flynn is the author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, and The Ticking Is the Bomb. He divides his time between Houston and Brooklyn.